Why would nations other than Britain care about the outcome of the American Revolution?
Other nations were Always competing with Britain for colonies and trade. France and Spain supported the revolution just to hurt Britain. Also if the colonists won then the trade monopoly with Britain would be broken. The French were fools. The successful revolution was a model for the French Revolution that over-threw the government that helped the American colonists. Bye the way , not all of Britain`s North American colonies backed the revolution. Quebec and Nova Scotia stayed loyal.
Is Britain still mad about the American revolution? (Its not taught in UK schools)?
I was very surprised to hear that almost all students in the UK were never taught the American revolution because its "not important" The American Revolution was one of the most important events in history, it sparked other nations to fight for freedom and is why almost all countries are free of tyrant rulers, and if they are they fight for democracy in the modern world. So whats the real reason it isn't taught?
How is the American Revolution taught in England?
As I was taught in an English school and then went to be a history teacher I suppose I am qualified to answer this. However, I find the implication of the question disturbing in that American schools probably give the British a bad press and give a very negative account of Britain in the eighteenth century. I suppose that is to be expected to justify an armed uprising against what was then their own legal government. That is why in America it is called a “ revolution” while in English schools it is always called “The American War of Independence”. From the English point of view, the war was justified simply because the stubbornness and incompetence of the British Government was denying the English inhabitants of America the same rights and freedoms enjoyed in the home country. Therefore the outcome of the war was the establishment of these freedoms on a permanent basis. So if you are looking for bias or resentment - it isn’t there - nor ever has been.
What was the theme of the american revolution?
Money was one of the reason, the American did not want to more taxes to the British.
What is the narrative of the American revolution, as taught in British schools?
When I studied it in the late 1970s ( didn’t take it through to O Level, did the second language option and rather regret it now) we were taught it more less like this:During the 1760s, British colonists in the 13 Colonies wanted more of a say in their own governance, proper parliamentary representation in London and - despite being taxed at a considerably lower rate than residents of Britain - still lower levels of tax.Protests escalated, leading to such events as the Boston Tea Party (and other crimes against civilised beverages).The British government (partly swayed by members of the royal family, who were Hanoverian and not always fully appraised of British political mores) decided, instead of negotiating, to crack down on these signs of disobedience in a heavy-handed fashion. Colonial self-governance was reduced still further and German troops from Hesse and Hanover were sent to impose order. These, together with the pretty venal and uncouth British administrators and regular troops, soon made themselves and the mother country rather unpopular.This created fertile ground for the ideas of people like Tom Paine - by the standards of the time an extremist - which served to crystallise a determination to be independent in otherwise politically moderate Americans.In 1774 those Americans set up a government of their own, breaking away from the Crown. From then on it was Lexington & Concord, Saratoga, Yorktown and goodbye, British rule, hello, United States of America.That’s from memory and probably does equal disservice to the facts of the case and to Mr. Ward’s attempts to get them into my thick, thick skull, but it’s how I remember being taught it.Oh - and particular mention was made of Crispus Attucks: the first American to die for his country, killed at the Boston Massacre, and coincidentally a man whose skin colouration would see him condemned by many contemporary Americans as “not a real American.”
American Revolutionary War and Vikings?
That's pretty bad. If you're supposed to show how the Vikings caused the Revolution it's probably impossible unless you were that guy James Burke. If you just mean a connection then the Vikings had a settlement in North America before Columbus, Vikings invaded Britain where most of the colonists came from, there was a "Vinland Map" said to have been made by Vikings that some believe Columbus knew about, the Norman Conquest was made by the descendants of Vikings... ahhh, the Vikings adopted Christianity, they ate food and made use of fire, built ships, wore clothing...